Pink Floyd Appreciation Thread

Floydoid wrote: The first time I technically saw them in action was seeing 'Live at Pompeii' at the cinema just after it was released. Only ever managed to see them live in concert once (at Earls Court in 1994).

I must mention that the *Blu-ray remaster of 'Live at Pompeii' is quite a big improvement over previous releases - visually it is much 'cleaner' and the audio remastering by Steve Wilson doesn't detract from anything either!

*which was a Father's Day gift this year

I believe it was released back in May of this year... tho there is no note of it on Floyd's page here.

Saw them in...

1977 (Cleveland, where the crowd destroyed the giant inflatable pig, Algie)
1987 (Pontiac Silverdome)
1994 (Again, Pontiac Silverdome where Gilmour announced they were playing DSotM in it's entirety for the first time since Detroit, 1975)

Best damn concerts ever.

I enjoyed all of their album in my youth, but in the last decade plus, the body of work from '68-'73 have become something more, almost an effective tool of emotional calibration as I went through the pain of losing loved ones.

Music is always therapeutic for me, but no other band "helped" at my worst points more than these albums. On a couple of the worst mornings, when leaving in the car to a funeral service or to inter a dear parent, Meddle was the only album to focus me on that long drive across town. As the recognizable reference points of childhood began to appear, Echoes was almost narcotic-like. All of the albums of that era were employed on the many mornings driving to my parents home while we were cleaning it out for sale, another funeral really, taking a space that saw over 60 years of family emotion down to the bare walls of a realty advertisement.

Once I'd exit the vehicle and the music abruptly stopped, the pain was right there again. But I'll always credit those album for being able to "pause" the pain while driving to these most difficult engagements.